E  WANT  TO  TELL  YOU 
BRIEFLY  IN  THE  FOLLOW¬ 
ING  PAGES  WHY  IT  IS 
VERY  ESSENTIAL  T  HAT 
YOU  SHOULD  CONSIDER 
CAREFULLY  THE  QUES¬ 
TION  OF  SHEATHING 
PAPER,  DEADENING 
FELT  AND  ROOFING,  IF 
YOU  ARE  LOOKING  FOR  THE  BEST  RE¬ 
SULTS  AND  WANT  TO  BE  SATISFIED. 
ACTUAL  RESULTS  ARE  THE  ONLY 
PROOFS,  AND  RATHER  THAN  TELL  A 
LONG  STORY,  WE  SHOW  CUTS  OF  DIF¬ 
FERENT  KINDS  OF  BUILDINGS  WHERE  OUR 
NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS, 
FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT  AND 
PAROID  ROOFING  HAVE  BEEN  USED.  ALL 
OF  THESE  MATERIALS  ARE  THE  STAND¬ 
ARDS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  GOVERN¬ 
MENT  AND  THE  LEADING  ARCHITECTS 
AND  ENGINEERS  OF  THE  COUNTRY.  IF 
WE  CAN  HELP  YOU  OUT  ON  ANY  OF  YOUR 
BUILDING  PROBLEMS,  WE  HOPE  YOU  WILL 
WRITE  US. 


F.  W.  BIRD  &  SON 

MAKERS 

ESTABLISHED  1817 

EAST  WALPOLE,  MASS. 

NEW  YORK  CHICAGO  WASHINGTON 

CANADIAN  FACTORY  AND  OFFICE 
HAMILTON,  ONT. 


NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS 


Neponset  Red  is  the  original  waterproof  sheath¬ 
ing  paper  made  over  twenty- five  years  ago  and  it  has 
been  the  standard  for  the  best  work  ever  since.  Ne¬ 
ponset  is  the  thickest  and  strongest  waterproof 
sheathing  paper  made.  It  costs  more  than  ordinary 
sheathing  papers,  but  the  difference  in  cost  between 
Neponset  Red  Waterproof  Paper  and  the  cheaper 
building  papers,  that  give  practically  no  protection 
from  heat  and  cold  is  too  small  to  consider  com¬ 
pared  with  the  comfort  which  the  householder 
gets  in  both  summer  and  winter. 

Neponset  Black  Waterproof  Paper  we  make 
for  work  where  Neponset  Red  is  too  expensive. 

WALL  SHEATHING 

First-class  insulation  against  heat  in  summer  and 
cold  m  winter  requires  paper  that  is  thick  enough, 
strong  enough,  and  waterproof  enough  to  keep  out 
cold,  heat  and  moisture.  Several  instances  where 
Neponset  has  been  placed  on  houses  which  have 
been  repaired  and  the  cheap  resin  sized  paper 
taken  out,  show  that  the  saving  in  coal  in  one 
winter  will  almost  pay  for  the  total  cost  of 
Neponset. 

FLOOR  WORK 

We  recommend  Neponset  Black  for  floor  work 
because  it  is  absolutely  stainless  and  waterproof.^^ 

BACKPLASTER  WORK 

For  a  great  many  years  architects  have  speci¬ 
fied  Neponset  Red  in  place  of  the  ordinary  back- 
plaster.  It  costs  half  as  much,  and  besides  this,  it 
is  far  superior  for  ordinary  backplaster  draws 
away  from  the  studding  after  a  time  and  when  this 
happens  its  usefulness  is  entirely  gone. 

Neponset  Red  is  coated  with  a  hard,  impene¬ 
trable,  waterproof  coating  which  is  of  a  brighter 
red  than  the  body  of  the  material.  You  can 
always  tell  the  genuine  by  this  bright  red  coating. 


NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS 


CROSS  SECTION  SHOWING  NEPONSET  USED  IN 
DIFFERENT  WAYS 


The  above  plan  represents  a  cross  section 
of  a  building.  You  can  get  from  this  an  idea  of 
the  way  in  which  Neponset  should  be  applied, 
These  are  the  approved  methods  of  the  best 
architects  and  engineers. 


NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS 


RESIDENCE  OF  BEN.  J.  FOX,  ALLSTON,  MASS. 

There  are  more  high  grade  buildings  sheathed 
with  ITeponset  Papers  than  any  other  sheathing 
paper  made. 


RESIDENCE  OF  G.  F.  WILLETT,  MAGNOLIA,  MASS. 


NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS 


WHITE  HOUSE,  WASHINGTON,  D.C, 


Neponset  is  always  used  where  first-class 
results  are  desired. 


GRACE  REFORM  CHURCH,  WASHINGTON,  D.C.  WHERE 
PRES.  ROOSEVELT  WORSHIPS 


NEPONSET  WATERPROOF  PAPERS 


METROPOLITAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  CO.’S  BUILDING, 
NEW  YORK  CITY 


U.  S.  MARINE  BIOLOGICAL  STATION,  BEAUFORT,  S.C. 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


•yHERE  are  two  important  things 
about  Florian  which  we  want  to 
bring  to  your  attention.  First,  it  is  by  all 
odds  the  cleanest  and  most  sanitary  dead¬ 
ening  felt  made.  The  stock  is  thoroughly 
boiled  and  washed.  It  is  largely  replacing 
the  ordinary  deadening  felts  made  from 
refuse  stock  and  old  papers  swept  from 
the  streets.  Florian  is  vermin  proof.  Sec¬ 
ondly,  it  is  made  on  the  right  principle. 
The  dead  air  principle  is  the  best  known 
method  of  insulation  against  heat  and  sound 
and  the  corrugations  of  Florian,  which 
form  dead  air  cells,  make  it  not  only  an 
excellent  sound  deadener,  but  a  fire  re¬ 
tardent.  Florian  has  been  used  in  a 
large  percentage  of  the  modern  residences, 
office  buildings,  hospitals,  schools,  etc.  It 
is  especially  valuable  under  tin  roofs 
because  it  reduces  the  temperature  of  the 
rooms  below  to  a  minimum  and  deadens 
the  sound  of  rain.  The  corrugations  will 
always  retain  their  shape.  For  best  re¬ 
sults  we  recommend  two  layers — the  cor¬ 
rugations  laid  at  right  angles  to  each  other. 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


Use  two  layers  of  Florian,  the  corrugations  at  rigid  angles  to  each  other 

CROSS  SECTION  SHOWING  FLORIAN 


The  above  plan  shows  how  Florian  should 
be  applied  between  floors  and  under  tin  roofs 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


The  following  is  a  synopsis  of  the 
results  obtained  by  an  expert  at 
Worcester  Polytechnic  Institute  determin¬ 
ing  the  comparative  heat  and  sound  dead¬ 
ening  qualities  of  Florian  and  ordinary 
deadening  felt: — 

Comparative  In¬ 
sulating-  Values 
in  %  (assuming 
Florian=lt)0%.) 

One  sheet  Florian  .  .  .  .  100  % 

Three  sheets  "Ordinary  Deadening 

Felt"  .  ....  74.5% 

Two  sheets  "Ordinary  Deadening 

Felt"  .  .  .  .  .  71.5% 

One  sheet  "Ordinary  Deadening  Felt"  61 .0% 

(From  the  table  of  results,  it  is  seen 
that  one  sheet  of  "Ordinary  Deadening 
Felt"  is  61^  as  good  as  "Florian"  for  in¬ 
sulating  purposes,  or  the  "Ordinary  Dead¬ 
ening  Felt"  allowed  1.64  (Vr^  =  l*64) 
times  as  many  heat  units  to  pass  through 
one  square  foot  under  the  same  conditions 
as  did  the  "Florian").  Also  from  table 
it  is  seen  that  two  sheets  of  "Ordinary 
Deadening  Felt"  are  71.5fo  as  good, and 
three  sheets  of  "Ordinary  Deadening 
Felt  are  74.5fo  as  good,  for  heat  insula¬ 
ting  purposes  as  the  "Florian." 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


BESSEMER  BUILDING  PITTSBURG,  PA. 


In  which  200,000  square  feet  of  Florian 
was  used 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


RESIDENCE  OF  DR.  KOBER,  WASHINGTON,  D.C. 

Florian  was  used  between  floors  of 
these  residences. 


RESIDENCE  OF  H.  F.  WOODS,  CINCINNATI,  O. 


FLORIAN  SOUND  DEADENING  FELT 


APARTMENT  HOUSES,  WASHINGTON,  D.C. 


Florian  used  uuder  roof,  between  floors 
and  partitions. 


PAROID  ROOFING 


A  PERMANENT  ready  roofing  and 

siding.  While  it  is  largely  used  on 
railroad  buildings,  factories,  warehouses 
and  farm  buildings,  it  is  used  in  place  of 
shingles  on  residences,  especially  on  porch 
roofs  and  other  flat  roofs  where  shingles 
rot  out  very  quickly.  Parold  is  a  heavy  felt 
saturated  through  and  through  with  a 
special  waterproof  compound  and  coated 
on  both  sides  with  an  elastic  coating.  It 
is  proof  against  sparks,  cinders,  salt  water, 
gases  and  fumes. 

The  United  States  Government,  the 
largest  railroads  and  manufacturers  have 
used  and  endorsed  Parold  for  many  years. 
If  you  are  looking  for  permanent  results, 
you  will  make  no  mistake  in  using  Parold. 
Every  roll  contciins  fixtures  and  complete 
directions  for  applying. 

We  will  be  glad  to  send  specifications 
lor  mill  construction  work  and  other  special 
roofs. 


PAROID  ROOFING 


PACKARD  COTTAGES,  LAKEWOOD,  N.Y. 


STORE  OF  GEO.  H.  BROWN  &.  SONS,  MT.  VERNON,  N.Y. 


Both  of  these  ballding:s  are  covered  with 
Paroid. 


CHICAGO  6k  NORTHWESTERN  R.  R.  TRAIN  SHED, 
CHICAGO 

Covered  with  Paroid. 


P.  6k  F.  CORBIN’S  FOUNDRY,  NEW  BRITAIN,  CT. 


E  manufacture  Paroid  Roofing, 


^  ^  Neponset  Waterproof  Papers, 
Florian  Sound  Deadening  Felt,  Ko-sat 
Insulating  Paper,  Neponset  Insulating 
Paper,  Hydrex  Waterproofing  Felt, 


Special  Papers  and  Paper  Boxes. 


Be  sure  to  tell  us  if  we  can  help  you 
out  in  any  way  and  send  for  samples  and 
prices. 


F.  W.  BIRD  &  SON 

MAKERS 


ESTABLISHED  1817 

EAST  WALPOLE.  MASS. 

NEW  YORK  CHICAGO  WASHINGTON 

CANADIAN  FACTORY  AND  OFFICE 
HAMILTON,  ONTARIO 


